Giving Thanks Where It Is Due

Over at RS Designs, I just posted about my lack of business knowledge and skills. Since I am a small business owner and have been for one year now, I am doing all I can to change that fact. I am finding myself more and more fascinated by how much is involved in being a successful business woman. I'm just glad mine is an e-commerce business so I don't have to purchase expensive clothing or invest in a Zero Halliburton briefcase (though I really like their leather briefcases). I have enough to learn and be without having to worry about presenting a polished appearance at all times. That simply isn't me.

As I was reading The Edge of Success: 9 Building Blocks to Double Your Sales, a free e-book which I highly recommend, I realized that it was about a year ago when I solicited 25 brave souls who would be willing to let me, an unknown and inexperienced wanna-be designer, experiment by creating headers for their blogs. Thankfully, the headers turned out well, and many of those bloggers still use the headers I created nearly a year ago.

If it weren't for these people's bravery, I probably would never have started RS Designs, and I'd like to publicly thank them for giving me the confidence I needed to make that giant leap. Here are their first names or pseudonyms and a link to their blogs.

1. Linda - Making a Happy Life (she is now my design partner)
2. Ginny - Mom of 2 Dancers
   
3. Justice Jones - MamaLaw
4. Shawna - Through the Midst of Despair
5. Julie - Cutting Back
6. Jenny - Three Ring Circus (that blog no longer exists, but the link will take you to another of her blogs)
7. The Mommy Blawger - The Mommy Blawg
8. Michelle - Smooches and Smacks
9. Michelle - Colored Girls Who Have Considered...
10. D - Memory Bay
    
11. Heidi - God's Grace in Practice (She is dealing with having her newborn baby in NICU. Some encouragement would be great, I am sure!)
12. Amy - Amy's Blah, Blah, Blogging
13. Holly - Keeper of the Home
14. Tanyetta - Days Like These
15. Gracie - Echoes of Grace
16. The Hot Dog Man - The Hot Dog Truck
17. Babystepper - Still Taking Baby Steps
18. Heather - Heather's Reality Show
19. Twin Sun Plus 1 - Land O' Sunshine
20. Meredith - Like Merchant Ships
21. Charity - Adding Arrows to Our Quiver
22. Michelle - Faith, Family, and Friends
23. Barbara - Naturally WAHMs
24. Cynthy - Porch Rails
25. Lori - Queen of Dirty Laundry

To all of you, thank you very much!